October 13, 2012 VINTAGES release
In this release, VINTAGES features:
- Aussie Artisans - top 5 hit list
- traditional values
- continental drift
- elegant approach
- site-selection gurus
- small but mighty
- Site Effects - Chile's finest vineyards
- brave new regions
- redrawing the map
- precisely my dear
- a moment in Provence
- wonders down under - 4 dynamic wineries of Barossa
You know me, I would choose every bottle just to try it ... after all, sommeliers need lots of practice! Alas, I must whittle my list to the affordable. You may notice that I do not choose many if any bottles much over $20. I would rather get more bang for my buck. But there are some bottles, no matter the price, that I need to experience ... hence BELLE GLOS CLARK & TELEPHONE VINEYARD PINOT NOIR 2010 $39.95 on my short-list. And then I usually ask our LCBO Product Consultant, Matt Webb, as to his favourites from the release tasting - that usually adds a bottle or two to my list of "I need to have this!" wine.
As per usual, I have highlighted and sharpied my VINTAGES catalogue ...
YELLOW highlights what caught my eye.
➔ RED ARROW points to unique feature.
* RED SHARPIE STAR selections are those most likely to make it into my bag.
here I go with markers in hand ...
there you have it.
sit. sip. savour.
Éva Nagy - accredited sommelier & yummy food enthusiast
